Interacting with reality is one of the key missions of Gonzaga, and Jesuit education broadly. We have to do more than simply acknowledge difference in the world. Instead, we must face it bravely and intimately, on the street level.

For ’05 Dan Futrell, being ambitious and involved comes naturally. His biggest adventure to date took place in late spring 2016, when Dan and a friend set out to find the “black box” of Eastern Air Lines Flight 980.